Georgia today , Ukraine tomorrow?

Could the Russians be planning an attack on Ukraine? If this story is verified they could very well be:

Ukraine is investigating claims that Russia has been distributing passports in the port of Sevastopol, raising fears that the Kremlin could be stoking separatist sentiment in the Crimea as a prelude to possible military intervention.

The allegation has prompted accusations that Russia is using the same tactics employed in the Georgian breakaway regions of Abhkazia and South Ossetia in order to create a pretext for a war.

Russia handed out passports to the residents of the two provinces, which have long looked to Moscow for support, five years ago. The Kremlin has justified its invasion of Georgia in terms of defending its citizens in Abkhazia and South Ossetia from Georgian "aggression".

Mykola Stretovych, an MP with Ukraine's ruling orange coalition, claimed that Russia was engaged in a massive operation to hand out passports in Sevastopol, home to 400,000 people, many of whom have historic ties with Russia.

Anatoly Gritsenko, chairman of the Ukrainian parliament's national security committee, launched a probe into the claims which, if true, would represent "a threat to national security", he said........

Which would explain why the Ukrainians have agreed to help the West with missile defence:

Ukraine says it is ready to make its missile early warning system available to European countries.
The system has until recently been used jointly with Russia.
Ukraine is now more desperate than ever to embrace the West as its fear of Russia intensifies.

Russia may still be Ukraine's largest trading partner, but political and military relations are in steep decline.

Everything that has happened in Georgia tells Ukraine that Russia is determined to prevent any more of her neighbours joining NATO.